Replacing Roof Rafters

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Replacing roof rafters.

How to replace rotted wood rafters. When you ve successfully replaced one rafter it will be safe to begin removing the next one. Fasten the rafter with 4 10 cm wood screws. Cut a piece of 1 by pressure treated lumber that is longer than the replacement board by 4 to 6 inches.

Measure the dimensions of the old rafters beneath your roofing surface. If the entire rafter was rotten use the. Use a tape measure to measure the entire width of your building. Install the new rafters.

How to replace the rafters without removing the roof step 1. Clamp the replacement beam to the wooden backboard at the rear of the eave enclosure to hold it in place. Length is the roof eave gutter side. This video shows from start to finish the repair of rotted endbeams on a house using the endrot system.

Sand the filler and apply. Discard the wood in a garbage bin as you work to. Fill the seams where a rafter tail meets the cut end of a rafter with exterior wood filler. 2 enter overhang length.

Measure as precisely as possible down to the 1 4 inch 0 64 cm 1 8 inch 0 32 cm or 1 16 inch 0 16 cm. Most houses have overhangs soffits which are needed to protect the house exterior walls and. If necessary enlist a roofing contractor to fill in the areas where shingles and roofing paper were removed. October 09 2017 04 52 13 pm so i live in a smaller 2 story house my spouse and i had talked about adding on as sharing the bathroom with all the kids would eventually get old.

The rotten wood will come away easily. Use your tape measure to record the. 3 enter roof pitch slope. Remove the rotted wood with a chisel and pry bar.

1 enter house footprint. Measure the length of framing wood needed with a measuring tape. Before you start cutting you first need to determine how long your roof rafters need to be and the angles at which you ll cut the top and bottom of the rafter. Cut a replacement board from 2 by pressure treated lumber that is the same size and width as the rafter tail you just cut using a circular saw.

Cut off the rotted rafter tail with a reciprocating saw. Width or span is the gable side of the roof which is. Replacing rafters with trusses on. Slide one of the newly cut rafter legs into position directly next to the old rafter.

Use a hammer and nails to.